Myanmar Daily Post-Coup Update: May 27
Thai authorities display guns and ammunition bound for Myanmar that were seized near the border.
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By The Irrawaddy 28 May 2021
To keep you updated on what happened in Myanmar in the last 24 hours, here are the main events of the day more than three months after the putsch.
U Myint Swe, the chairman of the Bilin Township chapter of the Union Solidarity and Development Party in Mon State was shot dead by two unidentified motorcyclists in Bilin.
Bilin Township USDP chairman U Myint Swe
The administrator of Man Pyay No. 3 Ward in
Yangon’s Thaketa was found dead after an explosion at his house. At least five explosions occurred in Thaketa, targeting two police stations and the administrator.
Myanmar Daily Post-Coup Update: May 26
An anti-regime rally is held at the Manau Ground in Myitkyina.
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By The Irrawaddy 27 May 2021
To keep you updated on what happened in Myanmar in the last 24 hours, here are the main events of the day more than three months after the putsch.
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Yangon, a man in his 20s was shot dead by junta forces as he fled in fear when junta troops inspected people sitting at a tea shop in Shwepyithar Township, where the military regime has imposed martial law.
Two people were injured in a bomb explosion outside No. 39 Basic Education Primary School in North Okkalapa Township.
A teacher and students wearing face shields and masks attend a class by keeping social distancing at a high school in Yangon, Myanmar Tuesday, July 21, 2020, about six months before the military took control of the country on Feb. 1, 2021. AP
Myanmar’s students are largely ignoring orders from the military junta to enroll for the new school year, with only about 10 percent signing up in some places and just a week remaining before classes begin, sources in Myanmar told RFA.
The junta has called for schools to reopen as they do every year on June 1, but the students are staying home in protest over the military coup that ousted the country’s democratically elected government almost four months ago.
May 14, 2021 10:46:26 am
The Myanmar military junta arrested 39 individuals on Wednesday. All 39 are suspected allies of an ethnic minority rebel group in Kayah State, from whom they are suspected of seeking military training. The individuals are also suspected to be responsible for several explosions and arson attacks in the Yankin village.
The junta first raided the house of Khin Nyein Thu and several other individuals. Along with the arrest, 48 handmade mines, 20 bars of mild gunpowder, 20 detonators and 10 feet of soft TNT ignite rope were confiscated, suspected to be explosives used in the recent clashes in Yangon. According to the testimony provided by the group, there is still one individual at large who is sought by the country’s authorities.